Impound
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To place in a pound goods or cattle distrained or astray.
3 Bla. Com, 12; Newhouse v. Hatch, 126 Mass. 364.
See Animal. Also, to retain in the custody of the law. A suspicious instrument produced at a trial is said to be impounded, when it is ordered by the court to be retained, in case criminal proceedings should be taken.